Portenta HAT Carrier

Arduino's Portenta HAT carrier allows professional engineers a smooth path to development from either the Raspberry Pi or Arduino platforms without the need to compromise.

The carrier provides Raspberry Pi HAT compatibility for the Arduino Portenta line of SOM (Arduino Portenta X8, H7, and C33). It has the same form factor as the Raspberry Pi Model B and features the standard 40-pin HAT header and MIPI camera ribbon.

The Portenta HAT carrier also has many unique features, including 16-pin analog header, dedicated JTAG debugging, CAN with transceiver, Gigabit Ethernet, PWM fan, microSD, and USB 2.0.

The Portenta HAT carrier is ideal for IT professionals, system integrators, and consulting firms supporting final customers across a range of needs in industrial automation, building automation, and prototyping. Example applications include:

1. Industrial automation
• Motion controller for sophisticated industrial robots: The integrated CAN interface at the hardware level and the ROS container at the software level allow the Portenta X8/HAT carrier to control the trajectory of a robotic arm while simultaneously interacting with all the remaining electronics (motors, sensors, and more).
• Smart sorting system: Increase the production rate by implementing vision-based goods sorting through a dedicated TensorFlow container while simultaneously actuating a conveyor sorting system.
2. Building automation
• Environmental monitoring and control: Remotely managed ventilation and air purification systems based on real-time notifications of temperature, air quality, and CO₂ levels.
• Smart building security: High-performance image processing on the edge provides real-time alerts in case of intrusion and improves the building security levels.
3. Prototyping
• Frictionless Linux prototyping: The combination of the Portenta HAT carrier with the Portena X8 is designed to assist developers with their prototypes by exposing multiple Portenta peripherals, including microSD, Ethernet, and USB. It allows for easy debugging and inspection of the CAN lines through dedicated pins. At the same time, it is the right tool to control the actuation of multiple devices leveraging the ready-programmable analog I/Os.
• Prototyping with Raspberry Pi HATs: The Portenta HAT carrier is ready to be used with a wide range of Raspberry Pi HATs, supporting prototyping projects from embedded sensing to straightforward actuation.